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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for being in attendance. It is important to recall that the beef exceptional aid measure was put in place to provide farmers with temporary financial aid in response to a prolonged period of depressed beef prices. It was a recognition that farmers were on their knees. The difficulty with the scheme from the outset was that it included a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: The difficulty is we are dealing with farmers who do not have this type of money. They received this payment because it was recognised they were in exceptional difficulties. To give the Minister of State a sense of the amounts involved, in my constituency in County Cavan 133 farmers will be expected to pay back €157,000 and in Monaghan 138 farmers will be expected to pay back...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Food Industry (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; and if he further plans to implement other supports in this regard. [43525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Issues (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the extension of Brexit grace periods. [43526/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 146. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular form. [42973/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; if he further plans to implement other supports in this regard; the status of the referenced review in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 5 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the EPA regarding its guidelines which prevent the licensing or expansion of poultry within parts of counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his position on new EPA guidelines which prevent the licensing or expansion of any poultry within parts of counties Cavan and Monaghan; the length of time he expects this guidance will be in place; if a similar ban will put in place in other local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total funding allocated to compensate eel fishermen and women through a targeted support scheme announced in 2018; the person or body that administered the scheme; the amount of the fund spent on administration costs; the breakdown of administrative costs associated with the fund; the amount paid directly to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding its decision to cease the education and outreach programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of an annual support towards the cost of pay by weight bin charges for households disposing of incontinence wear; when such a support will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that private bus operators will be permitted to stop at Reaghstown, County Louth for the purposes of collecting passengers as was previously the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44080/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed scheme to implement drinking water fountains per EU Directive 2020/2184; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a review into the north-south interconnector. [43527/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to commission a feasibility study that would access the prospect of delivering rail infrastructure through County Monaghan. [44066/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will facilitate the recruitment of additional driving testers to address the existing backlog. [44065/21]

Education (Voluntary Contributions) Bill 2021: First Stage (21 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: This is the first legislation to which I have had the honour of putting my name. I commend it to the House. This is the time of year when many families, particularly those with school-going children, find themselves under financial stress, with many traditionally receiving home and motor tax insurance renewal documents at this time. People are already planning for the Christmas period....

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: I want to put on the record of the House my commendation to Deputy Mac Lochlainn on the work he has done in this area. I am the Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture, food and the marine but we recognised early on that the challenges facing our fishing and coastal communities were so great that we needed to have a dedicated person of ability to address and deal with these issues...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: The Chairman referenced some of the madness of the Celtic tiger era. One of the areas of madness that we have not moved away from is the exorbitant fees that are often paid by State agencies. It is suggested, in this piece of correspondence, that the total fees incurred relating to the liquidation and wrap-up of this process could be €327 million. That appears to be astronomical. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Matt Carthy: That would reinforce my view that we should ask the Department to give an analysis as to what checks and balances are in place in terms of the value-for-money auditing of each line of the expenditure.